Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia on Jan. 15, 1929. At the age of 15, he entered Morehouse College. In 1954, he became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. When Rosa Parks was arrested in 1955 for not giving up her seat to a white person, leaders formed a group to do a bus boycott. They wanted King to be president. When they did the boycott, the bus company lost so much money they had to make law that nobody has to give up their seat to somebody - white or black. King is probably most famous for the narch on Washington where he gave his " I Have a Dream " speech. He is also famous for winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 . He was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in 1968 by James Earl Ray. He was one of the greatest speakers the world has ever known.